For many, it's been a challenging year where we have been given some reason to question God's promises to us.
Sermon: Chosen to Love
Beginning a new sermon series entitled "The Wonder of Choice," Pastor Cara Scriven finds meaning for us in the creation story found in Genesis (2:4b-7,15-17,3:1-8). What does the familiar story of humanity's 'fall' tell us about God's boundless love?
Sermon: Unexpected Adundance
This week, Pastor Melinda Giese shares two ways of understanding the miracle of Jesus' feeding of the multitudes (Matthew 14:13-21). She helps us to understand how God can take what we offer – even an empty parking lot – and turn it into a blessing for others.
Sermon: Just Do This One Thing
In this week's sermon, guest preacher, Rev. Dione Corsilles, explores the greatest commandment--to love one another--and how it is lived out in our world today.
Sermon: Get Out of the Boat!
Our guest preacher, Pastor Karen Yokota Love, explores the story of Peter walking on water and what happens when we have the courage to step out of the boat of our faith.
Sermon: A Mountain Meal
In this week's sermon — the final in our 'Virtual Vacations' series —Pastor Cara Scriven takes us into the mountains as we explore how we can practice being in the presence of God in our ordinary lives.
Sermon: A "free" trip to Turkey
In this week's sermon — the third in our 'Virtual Vacations' series —Pastor Cara Scriven takes us back in time with the Apostle Paul as he writes to the church in Galatia – which is in modern-day Turkey (Galatians 3:23-4:7). As she does, Pastor Cara finds some important differences between Paul's understanding of freedom in Christ and the concept of personal liberty popular in some circles today.
Sermon: At the Beach
In this week's sermon — the second in our 'Virtual Vacations' series —Pastor Cara Scriven finds some resonance between the commissioning of Peter as the Church's first leader (John 21:15-23) and the mantle of leadership carried by Rep. John Lewis, who was remembered and honored this week.